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Despite notching up another win and keeping their sixth clean sheet of the season, Manchester United did not play as fluently against Southampton at the weekend as in their previous five league games.

According to Goal.com, boss Jose Mourinho blamed the South Coast weather for his side’s under-performance.

He claimed his players were not used to the 19°C heat at St. Mary’s, explaining how they do not get such climatic differences in Manchester.

In his post-match press conference, the former Chelsea manager stated:

“Nine of them didn’t play in midweek, so nine of them it’s not even an accumulation of fatigue. I think the weather was beautiful. “Even if you train at 11am, 12pm, 3pm in Manchester, we don’t get this weather. Seriously.”